Chapter 8 Review

A small pore called ________ allows air to enter and exit the leaf.

• caretenoid

• stoma

• mesophyll

• photon

The five-carbon carbohydrate that combines with CO₂ in the first step of the Calvin-Benson cycle is called _______.

• G3P

• NADPH

• RuBP

• H₂O

An organism that makes its own food is a(n) _________.

• autotroph

• prokaryote

• herbivore

• CAM plant

The green tissue inside a leaf is called _________.

• chloroplast

• mesophyll

• stomata

• cytoplasm

An assembly of proteins and pigments known as a(n) _________ is found in chloroplasts.

• photosystem

• synthesis

• wavelength

• vascular bundle

What is a photon?

• Excited electrons used to make ATP

• Molecules made in the first step of the Calvin-Benson Cycle

• The smallest unit of light

• A pigment in a leaf

A(n) _________ is a special molecule of chlorophyll a in which electron transfer occurs.

• reaction center

• photophosphorylation

• crabgrass

• carotene

What color pigment is a carotenoid?

• blue

• green

• yellow-orange

• red

The distance between repeating units of a wave pattern is called a(n) _________.

• electromagnetic spectrum

• gamma ray

• wavelength

• nanometer

What is the three-carbon molecule formed in the first step of the Calvin-Benson Cycle?

• ATP

• CO₂

• C₆H₁₂O₆

• Phosphoglycerate (PGA)